LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: THE LONG-TERM ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

Gustavo Rodrigues Alves Castro Andressa Zilles Larissa Dill Gazzola Renar Brito Barros José Alfredo Sadowski Camila Roginski Guetter

Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery (2022)

Both transabdominal extraperitoneal and transabdominal preperitoneal techniques for hernia repair have similar results in the late postoperative period regarding quality of life and prevalence of chronic pain. They are also comparable in terms of major early postoperative complications, except for seroma, with a higher incidence in patients undergoing transabdominal preperitoneal.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
patients undergoing
risk factors
robot assisted
pain management
minimally invasive